General Physics I Lab

Catalog description

Topics covered in this course include an introduction to Newtonian mechanics for particles, systems of particles (in particular rigid bodies), notions of fluid mechanics and elasticity, the physics of waves and geometrical and physical optics, gravitation, electricity and magnetism, circuits of resistors, capacitors, and inductors, transformers, Maxwell's equations, elements of thermodynamics, optics and waves, Relativity Theory, and elements of Quantum Mechanics. Corequisite(s): PHYS 1051 and PHYS 1051T.